Related Services in Special Education

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Related Services in Special Education

• National Association of Special Education Teachers

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Related Services

• Put simply, related services are any services
  that are necessary to help a student benefit from
  his special education program. To benefit from
  special education has generally been interpreted
  to mean making meaningful progress toward meeting
  IEP goals and objectives.

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Related Services

• Who is eligible for related services?
• Under IDEA '97, a student must need special
  education to be considered eligible for related
  services
• A child must have a full and individual
  evaluation to determine

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Related Services

• if he or she has a disability as defined under
  IDEA 2004, and
• if, because of that disability, he or she needs
  special education and related services.

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Related Services

• Art therapy, Dance/movement therapy and Music
  therapy
• provide services in which music, movement, or art
  is used in a therapeutic process to further the
  child's emotional, physical, cognitive, and/or
  academic development or integration into the
  mainstream

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Related Services

• Psychological services focus on the needs,
  interests, and issues related to various stages
  of student growth.
• School psychologists may help students with
  personal and social concerns such as developing
  self-knowledge, making effective decisions,
  learning health choices, and improving
  responsibility.
• Related services in this area may also include
  individual and group in-school counseling

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Related Services

• Occupational therapy (OT) services can enhance a
  student's ability to function in an educational
  program. These services are "provided by a
  qualified occupational therapist"

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Related Services

• Occupational therapy services in schools may
  include such services as
• self-help skills or adaptive living (e.g.,
  eating, dressing)
• functional mobility (e.g., moving safely through
  school)
• positioning (e.g., sitting appropriately in
  class)
• sensory-motor processing (e.g., using the senses
  and muscles)

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• fine motor (e.g., writing, cutting) and gross
  motor performance (e.g., walking, athletic
  skills)
• life skills training/vocational skills and
• social skills training

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• Orientation and Mobility Services
• Orientation involves knowing where you are, where
  you are going, and how to get to a destination by
  interpreting
• information in the environment
• mobility involves moving safely through the
  environment.

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• OM services are defined as "services provided to
  blind or visually impaired students by qualified
  personnel to enable those students safe movement
  within their environments in school, home, and
  community"

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• Parent Counseling and Training
• Parent counseling and training is an important
  related service that can help parents enhance the
  vital role they play in the lives of their
  children.

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• Assisting parents in understanding the special
  needs of their child
• Providing parents with information about child
  development and
• Helping parents to acquire the necessary skills
  that will allow them to support the
  implementation of their child's IEP or IFSP"
  Individualized Family Service Plan

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Related Services

• Physical therapy means "services provided by a
  qualified physical therapist that address a
  child's posture, muscle strength, mobility, and
  organization of movement in educational
  environments.

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Related Services

• Recreation services generally are intended to
  help students with disabilities learn how to use
  their leisure and recreation time constructively.

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Related Services

• Rehabilitation counseling services are "services
  provided by qualified personnel in individual or
  group sessions that focus specifically on
• career development
• employment preparation
• achieving independence, and
• integration in the workplace and community

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• School health services under the IDEA 2004 final
  regulations means "services provided by a
  qualified school nurse or other qualified person.

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• Possible school health services include
• special feedings
• clean intermittent catheterization
• suctioning
• the management of a tracheostomy
• administering and/or dispensing medications

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• planning for the safety of a student in school
• ensuring that care is given while at school and
  at school functions to prevent injury (e.g.,
  changing a student's position frequently to
  prevent pressure sores)
• chronic disease management

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• Recreational activities generally may fall into
  one or more of the following classifications
• (1) physical, cultural, or social
• (2) indoor or outdoor
• (3) spectator or participant
• (4) formal or informal
• (5) independent, cooperative, or competitive or
• (6) sports, games, hobbies, or toy play

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• Speech-language pathology services are provided
  by speech-language professionals and
  speech-language assistants and these services
  include
• "identification of children with speech or
  language impairments
• diagnosis and appraisal of specific speech or
  language impairments

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• referral for medical or other professional
  attention
• provision of speech and language services for the
  prevention of or improve the communicative
  impairments

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• Transportation as a related service is included
  in an eligible student's IEP if the IEP team
  determines that such a service is needed.
  Transportation includes

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• travel to and from school and between schools
• travel in and around school buildings and
• specialized equipment (such as special or adapted
  buses, lifts, and ramps), if required to provide
  special transportation for a child with a
  disability

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• Assistive technology (AT) refers to various types
  of devices and services designed to help students
  with disabilities function within their
  environments.
• Many areas are covered under the umbrella of
  assistive technology, including

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• Computers
• adaptive toys and games
• devices to improve positioning and mobility
• devices designed to help individuals with
  disabilities communicate (called augmentative
  communication devices)
• electronic aids to daily living